Table of Contents

-> Abbreviation-> Written Pattern-> Video: How to Change Color-> Embroidering the Eyes and Teeth

-> How to Apply the Zipper

While I was having a rude conversation with God (I was the rude one), BATRI's design was taking shape inside my head. Batri should have been a cockroach but I don't have dark brown plarn, so I settled for him to be a colorful bug.

The sc's on Batri's body is reinforced with sl st's to be able to hold it's shape. Bugs have rigid body covering after all and Batri is a bug. I also used the whole zipper to serve as Batri's backbone.

The bulging eyes of Batri is embroidered using 12 strands of black sewing thread. The same is done with his teeth.

Measurements:

Length: 4 inches

Width: 2.5 inches

Height: 1.5 inches

Gauge

Base: 8 dc per inch, 3 rows per inch

Body: 8 sc per inch, 7 rows per inch

Required Skills:

Ch, sc, dc, sl st, sc on back post, sc2tog

Working on both sides of the foundation chain

Working in rounds and rows

Attaching a new yarn

Applying a zipper

Embroidering the eyes and teeth

Materials:

1-cm single-strand plarn in white, green and orange (the video floating right shows how to make single-strand plarn)

7-inch zipper

1.65 mm crochet hook

Sewing pins, needle, thread

Tapestry needle

Black thread for eyes

Red thread for teeth

Special Stitches: Sc on the Back Post and ScTog

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Sc on the Back Post (scbp)

Single crochet on the back post is just that, a single crochet worked around the back post of a dc instead of being worked on top. The video floating right shows a dc being worked on the back post of a previous dc to show where the back post is.

Sc2Tog

Sc2tog (two single crochets together) is used to decrease the number of sc's in a row or round. This stitch is most helpful when a curved shape is desired as in the body of Batri.

Insert hook in st, draw a loop through, insert hook in next st, draw another loop through, y o, draw through all 3 loops on hook

Abbreviations:

Ch - chain

Dc - double crochet

Sc - single crochet

Sl st - slip stitch

Scbp - sc on the back post

Sc2tog - two sc together

Close up on sc around back post

Close up on the sc's that make up the body of Batri

PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Written Pattern:

//Pattern starts

Base (White Color)

Foundation Chain: Ch 13.

Round 1: 6 dc in the 4th ch from hook, 8 dc across, 7 dc in the last ch, (begin working on the other side of the chain) 8 dc across, sl st to turning ch, ch 3, DO NOT TURN.

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